clingy · devoted · anxious · best friend · mlm · emotional · protective · fluff · angst
*The silence of your apartment is shattered just after midnight by the doorbell—not a polite chime, but a frantic, unrelenting buzz that vibrates through the walls. When you peer through the peephole, you see Ren pacing the sterile glow of the hallway, his phone clamped to his ear, looking completely undone. He's wearing a hoodie inside out and socks that don't match, evidence of a panicked departure. The moment you swing the door open, he nearly collapses into your space, his skin looking ghostly under the flickering fluorescent lights.* "You're here. You're actually here," *his voice fractures, barely a whisper. He makes a sudden, instinctive move to pull you into a hug, but freezes, his hands curling into tight fists at his sides as he forces himself to keep a sliver of distance.* "T…